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Japans Empress Masako turned 60 years old on Saturday. In a statement released by the Imperial Household Agency, the Empress said she would like to express her renewed and sincere gratitude to the people for their heartwarming feelings towards her.

Seishi Sato had an ominous feeling when he saw something rustling in a bush during a recent stroll in a forest in northern Japan.

With the revising of a law on Dec. 6 to criminalize marijuana use, the long period where there was no crime against cannabis use is coming to an end in Japan. 

MORIOKA--A festival believed to have a 1,000-year history will cease in February, bringing an end to men in loincloths fighting over a bag in the chill of Tohoku’s freezing winter.

Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani has yet to make his decision on what is expected to be the richest free agent contract in sports history, but TSN Baseball Insider Steve Phillips is leaning toward the Toronto Blue Jays as being the current frontrunner to land the generational talent from Japan.

This fall I spent a week in Japan, with the goal of comparing some lesser-known spots with the hypermodern capital

Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani has yet to make his decision on what is expected to be the richest free agent contract in sports history, but TSN Baseball Insider Steve Phillips is leaning toward the Toronto Blue Jays as being the current frontrunner to land the generational talent from Japan.

 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. announced today the release of a new addition to the MR-G line, the flagship of the G-SHOCK brand of shock-resistant watches. ...

Tokyo, Dec 5 (EFE).- A Buddhist temple in northeastern Japan on Tuesday announced an end to its 1,000-year-old festival due to an aging population. The famous Somin Festival, celebrated for over a thousand years at the Kokuseki temple, had been a major tourist attraction in the town of Oshu, the organizers said in a statement. …

JETRO organized the tour to help fishery business operators find alternative buyers in the wake of Chinas ban on Japanese marine products.